Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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31 With three new men on the team it took some time to get together. The team did well considering that Hoop-eston had had over a month’s practice. Paxton’s line up: Ernst and Overstreet, forwards; Smith, center; Hall, E. Swanson and L. Swanson, guards. Paxton 20, Rantoul 19. Paxton High won a double header from Rantoul. The second team won from Rantoul second, 18 to 16, with an extra five minutes play. The “first” teams of these two schools played the second game. The Paxton quintet playing for all they were worth, defeated their opponents in the end. Ernst and Hall showed up well, the former was found to be very clever in breaking up the visitors’ team work. Proctor was the star for the visitors. Line-up: Paxton Points Rantoul Overstreet, r.f. 10 G Shumbley, r.f. Hall, l.f. 14 11 Proctor, l.f. Smith, c. 0 2 R. ShumhLay c. Ernst, r.g. 2 0 Neal, r.g. Barnes, l.g. 0 0 Webber, l.g. E. Swanson 0 26 19 Referee: Kerr. Alumni 44, Paxton 33. On Christmas afternoon the alumni defeated the high school 44 to 33 in a rough game. The defeat was due largely to Eddy’s ability to shoot baskets, he scoring 2C points. “Puck” is playing with Culver M. A. basket ball team this year, and he was in fine shape for the game. He was assisted by three other members of last year’s team. The score the first half was 14 to 10. The high school weakened in the last half, and it was due to this: that the game was lost. The line-up was, Alumni—Eddy and A. Overstreet, forward; Wylie, center; Fagerburg, P. Swanson and Hammerlund, guards. High School—'Hall and Ovrstreet, forwards; Smith, center; Ernst, L. Swanson, Hammerlund and Hill, guards. Gilman 13, Paxton 19. On Friday, Jan. 5th the Paxton H. S. defeated Gilman in a fast and interesting game of basket ball, by the score of 19 to 13. The Gilman team was completely outclassed the first half. The team work was excellent, and only words of praise are due the members of the team. Much credit is due Coach Chenoweth who with the assistance of Mr. Cooper seems to have picked a Lane-up: winning team. Paxton Points Gilman Hall 0 8 Classen Overstreet 15 3 Brown Hill 2 2 Nonneman Ernst 2 0 Olson Barnes 0 0 Shumaker 19 13 Referee: Eddy. Kankakee 17, Paxton 14. The team was forced to bring home the small end of the score from Kankakee. The official score was 14 to 17, but Paxton lost four points on free throws, through fouls made by Paxton men while they were being made. This was unfortunate because those four points would have meant victory. The team was handicapped by the narrow floor, and their lack of practice that week because of the Poultry Show at the Coliseum. The game was fast and clean and Kankakee is not very optimistic about their return game.

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ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT The New Basket Ball Goals. It has been found necessary to purchase some new basket ball goals as the old ones seemed to have some fault. . Different people who tried them complained of an irregularity which made the basket shooting difficult. So the management had to think of some means of getting the necessary money without encroaching on the small fund accumulated for other purposes. This problem was solved Christmas day when the Alumni played the P. H. S. team. The Alumni offered to donate their share of the gate receipts toward some new goals. So the goals were sent for and arrived after the Gilman game. They have been put up and seem satisfactory. The goal-shooting percentage will soon be on the Increase and Paxton will defeat her rivals worse than ever. THE LAST FOOT BALL GAME OF THE SEASON. Drummer High 25, Paxton 0. Paxton met their old time rivals on 2sTov. 29 before a large holiday crowd. Gibson's back field was responsible for the defeat, especially Bonnen and Main, the latter making a sensational 90 yard run. The game was clean and fast from the start. The team played a star game from the start, and many times were within striking distance of the goal, but lacked the necessary punch to carry it over. The line-up: Drummer Paxtor {Hicks, Shaver...L.E....Capt. Cole Hartford .......L.T...... Bressie Taylor ..........L.G....... Currie Myers ............C........ Atwood Jardine .........R.G..... Driscoll Summers .........R.T....... Barnes Speedie .........R.E......... Hill Potts .........Q.B........ Swanson Capt. Main ----D.H.B... Hammerlund Wiley ...........F.B........ Flick Bonnen .........R„H.B........ Funk Referee: Young, Wesleyan. Harold Barnes, tackle for three years, was elected (apt. in for next year. Barnes is a veteran at the game, and one will have to search for a long time to find a beter linesman in high school than he is. With most of this year’s team back for next year, Barnes should have a winning team. Coach Cooper reports the following men entitled to letters: Capt. Cole, Barnes, Bressee, Currie, Atwood, Driscoll, Hill, Swanson, Flick, Hammerlund, Funk and Ernst. BASKET BALL GAMES TO DATE The call for basket tossers was answered by 25 men, all having some experience in this line. The most promising of these were Ernst, Hall. Hill, Barnes, Smith, E. Swanson, L. Swanson, Hammerlund, Overstreet, with a good string of men for a second team. Practice was started immediately with Coach Chenoweth in charge. Hoopeston 46, Paxton 25. With three nights’ practice we met oopeston on their attic floor, and ere beaten 4G to 25. Because of the ck of practice we were weak on nm work, altho the last half we made it interesting for Hoopeston.

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32 Line-up: Paxton Points Kankakee Hall 0 9 Sowers Overstreet 6 4 Newberry Hill 6 4 Carter Barnes 0 0 Thompson Ernst 2 0 Beaumont 14 17 Paxton 36, Rossville 16. Paxton w'on an uneven game from Rossville, the game being slow and uninteresting. At the end of the first half the score was 26 to 5, and Ross- ville had not made a field basket. In the second half the second and third team was substituted, making a more even match. Line-up. ROSSVILLE—Thomas, Schumate, D. Hathaway, E. Hathaway, E. Seymour. PAXTON—Hall, Ernst, Hill, Barnes, Overstreet, E. Swanson, D. Hammer-lund, Johnson, Turner, L. Swanson, Hutchinson, Fagerburg, R. Hammer-lund. G. Carson, Rudolph. Paxton 26, Champaign Tossers 22. Before a small crowd Paxton defeated their opponents in a fast and interesting game. The game was rough and showed well the caliber of the Paxton quintet. At the end of the game the score was tied and an extra five minutes was played. Ernst and Hill showed up well in basket shooting, while Hall and Chrisman played a star game at guard. Chrisman will strengthen the team a great deal with his guarding and basket shooting, and, wre are glad to welcome him back. Line-up. Champaign F. G. F. T. Smith 0 Murray .... 0 Tipton 0 Keepers 0 Keepers 0 Total 0 Paxton F. G. F. T, Hall 0 o Overstreet 2 Hill 0 Ernst 0 Chrisman 0 Total 2 Condition of the Treasury of the Athletic Association Dec. 6, 1916— Close of the Football Season. Summary of Receipts and Expenditures. Received Net from Benefit Entertainment ..........$ 86.40 Association dues collected .............. 68.50 Net from games played .............. 20.37 Total received .....$175.27 $175.27 Expended. Oct. 1, 1916, 111. Athletic Ass’n dues $ 1.00 Dec. 6, 1916, Mr. Cooper, services as coach 4-5.00 Dec. 6, 1916, Mr. Chen-oweth, expenses..., 7.25 Dec. 6, 1916 , basket ball ................... 7.60 Total bills paid......$60.85 60.85 Bal. Dec. 6, 1916 $114.42 Under the rules of the Paxton High School Athletic Association, a careful record is being kept of the finances. No bills are paid without formal auditing by the Board of Control. The incidental expenses of games, however, are paid by the Faculty Manager of Teams, and the net receipts are reported, and deposited to the credit of the Association. From the above summary, it is